Molecular dynamics simulation study of microstructure evolution during cyclic martensitic transformations

O Kastner, G Eggeler, W Weiss, GJ Ackland - Journal of the Mechanics and …, 2011 - Elsevier
Shape memory alloys (SMA) exhibit a number of features which are not easily explained by
equilibrium thermodynamics, including hysteresis in the phase transformation and “reverse” …

Role of magnetic degrees of freedom in a scenario of phase transformations in steel

IK Razumov, DV Boukhvalov, MV Petrik, VN Urtsev… - Physical Review B, 2014 - APS
The diversity of mesostructures formed in steel at cooling from a high-temperature austenite
(γ) phase is determined by the interplay of shear reconstructions of crystal lattice and …

Alpha–omega and omega–alpha phase transformations in zirconium under hydrostatic pressure: A 3D mesoscale study

HK Yeddu, H Zong, T Lookman - Acta Materialia, 2016 - Elsevier
A three dimensional (3D) elastoplastic phase-field model is developed for modeling the
hydrostatic pressure-induced alpha–omega phase transformation and the reverse phase …

Reverse phase transformation of martensite to austenite in stainless steels: a 3D phase-field study

HK Yeddu, T Lookman, A Saxena - Journal of Materials Science, 2014 - Springer
The martensitic transformation of austenite as well as the reversion of martensite to austenite
has been reported to significantly improve mechanical properties of steels. In the present …

Multi-length scale modeling of martensitic transformations in stainless steels

HK Yeddu, VI Razumovskiy, A Borgenstam… - Acta materialia, 2012 - Elsevier
In the present work a multi-length scale model is developed to study both the athermal and
stress-assisted martensitic transformations in a single crystal of 301 type stainless steel. The …

Understanding adsorption-induced structural transitions in metal-organic frameworks: From the unit cell to the crystal

C Triguero, FX Coudert, A Boutin, AH Fuchs… - The Journal of …, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
Breathing transitions represent recently discovered adsorption-induced structural
transformations between large-pore and narrow-pore conformations in bi-stable metal …

Landau theory of structures in tetragonal-orthorhombic ferroelastics

AE Jacobs - Physical Review B, 2000 - APS
A Landau expansion of the elastic energy in the strains is used to study two-dimensional
structures in tetragonal-orthorhombic ferroelastics with constraints. Local energy minima are …

Continuum mechanics of the interaction of phase boundaries and dislocations in solids

A Acharya, C Fressengeas - Differential geometry and continuum …, 2015 - Springer
The continuum mechanics of line defects representing singularities due to terminating
discontinuities of the elastic displacement and its gradient field is developed. The …

Glassy behavior in martensites: Interplay between elastic anisotropy and disorder in zero-field-cooling/field-cooling simulation experiments

P Lloveras, T Castán, M Porta, A Planes, A Saxena - Physical Review B, 2009 - APS
We study the combined effect of elastic anisotropy and disorder on the microstructure and
thermodynamic behavior in alloys undergoing a martensitic transformation. Within a …

Diffusion in mesoscopic lattice models of amorphous plasticity

B Tyukodi, D Vandembroucq, CE Maloney - Physical review letters, 2018 - APS
We present results on tagged particle diffusion in a mesoscale lattice model for sheared
amorphous material in athermal quasistatic conditions. We find a short time diffusive regime …